The Last Days
1 Remember that there will be difficult times in the last days. 2 People will be selfish, greedy, boastful, and conceited; they will be insulting, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, and irreligious; 3 they will be unkind, merciless, slanderers, violent, and fierce; they will hate the good; 4 they will be treacherous, reckless, and swollen with pride; they will love pleasure rather than God; 5 they will hold to the outward form of our religion, but reject its real power. Keep away from such people. 6 Some of them go into people's houses and gain control over weak women who are burdened by the guilt of their sins and driven by all kinds of desires, 7 women who are always trying to learn but who can never come to know the truth. 8 As Jannes and Jambres were opposed to Moses, so also these people are opposed to the truth—people whose minds do not function and who are failures in the faith. 9 But they will not get very far, because everyone will see how stupid they are. That is just what happened to Jannes and Jambres.
Last Instructions
10 But you have followed my teaching, my conduct, and my purpose in life; you have observed my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance, 11 my persecutions, and my sufferings. You know all that happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, the terrible persecutions I endured! But the Lord rescued me from them all. 12 Everyone who wants to live a godly life in union with Christ Jesus will be persecuted; 13 and evil persons and impostors will keep on going from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves. 14 But as for you, continue in the truths that you were taught and firmly believe. You know who your teachers were, 15 and you remember that ever since you were a child, you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the truth, rebuking error, correcting faults, and giving instruction for right living, 17 so that the person who serves God may be fully qualified and equipped to do every kind of good deed.
الأيام الأخيرة
1 واَعلَمْ أنّ أزمِنَةً صَعبَةً سَتَجيءُ في الأيّامِ الأخيرَةِ، 2 يكونُ النّاسُ فيها أنانيّينَ جَشِعينَ مُتَعجرِفينَ مُتكبّرينَ شتّامينَ، لا يُطيعونَ والديهِم، ناكِري الجَميلِ فاسِقينَ، 3 لا رأْفَةَ لهُم ولا عَهدَ، نَمّامينَ مُتَهوّرينَ شَرِسينَ أعداءَ الخَيرِ، 4 خائِنينَ وقِحينَ، أعمَتْهُمُ الكِبرياءُ، يُفَضّلونَ المَلذّاتِ على اللهِ، 5 مُتمَسّكينَ بِقُشورِ التّقوى رافِضينَ جَوهَرَها. فاَبتَعِدْ عَنْ هَؤُلاءِ النّاسِ. 6 ومِنهُم مَنْ يَتَسلّلونَ إلى البُيوتِ ويَغوونَ نِساءً ضَعيفاتٍ مُثقَلاتٍ بِالخطايا، مُنقاداتٍ لِكُلّ أنواعِ الشّهواتِ، 7 يتَعَلّمنَ دائِمًا ولا يُمكِنُهُنّ مَعرِفَةُ الحَقّ أبدًا. 8 وكما أنّ يَنّيسَ ويَمْبَريسَ قاوَما موسى، كذلِكَ هَؤُلاءِ أيضًا يُقاوِمونَ الحَقّ. هُم أُناسٌ عُقولُهُم فاسِدَةٌ لا يَصلُحونَ للإيمانِ، 9 ولكنّهُم لَنْ يَتَوصّلوا إلى شيءٍ لأنّ حماقَتَهُم ستَنكَشِفُ لِجميعِ النّاسِ كما اَنكشَفَتْ حَماقةُ يَنّيسَ ويَمْبَريسَ.
وصايا عامة
10 أمّا أنتَ فتَبِعتَني في تَعليمي وسيرَتي ومَقاصِدي وإيماني وصَبري ومحَبّتي وثَباتي 11 واَحتِمالي الاَضطِهادَ والعَذابَ وما أصابَني في أنطاكِيَةَ وأيقونِـيّةَ ولِسترَةَ. وكمْ مِنِ اَضطهادٍ عانَيتُ وأنقَذَني الرّبّ مِنها كُلّها. 12 فكُلّ مَنْ أرادَ أنْ يَحيا في المَسيحِ يَسوعَ حياةَ التّقوى أصابَهُ الاَضطِهادُ. 13 أمّا الأشرارُ والدّجّالونَ فيَزدادونَ شَرّا وهُم خادِعونَ مَخدوعونَ. 14 فاَثبُتْ أنتَ على ما تَعَلّمْتَهُ عِلمَ اليَقينِ عارِفًا عَمّن أخذتَهُ. 15 فأنتَ مُنذُ طُفولَتِكَ عَرَفْتَ الكُتُبَ المُقَدّسةَ القادِرَةَ على أنْ تُزَوّدَكَ بِالحِكمَةِ التي تَهدي إلى الخَلاصِ في الإيمانِ بِالمَسيحِ يَسوعَ. 16 فالكِتابُ كُــلّـهُ مِنْ وَحيِ اللهِ، يُفيدُ في التّعليمِ والتّفنيدِ والتّقويمِ والتّأديبِ في البِرّ، 17 ليكونَ رَجُلُ اللهِ كامِلاً مُستَعِدّا لِكلّ عَمَلٍ صالِـحٍ.